つのぎり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
觿 (rare)
觹 (rare)
觽 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 角 (tsuno, “horn”) +‎ 錐 (kiri, “awl”). The kiri changes to giri as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨno̞ɡʲiɾʲi]

Noun

つのぎり • (tsunogiri) 

  1. (rare, probably historical) a kind of awl made of horn

Usage notes

This term seems to be very rare, and is not listed in many dictionaries.[1][2][3][4][5]

The kanji spellings are also quite rare.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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